Stefan Winter wrote: > > > What capabilities there are available on the internet backbone > > or what could be enabled on newer operating systems by sophisticated > > end users doesn't matter much, if most of the "internet-enabled" > > end user equipment, that is being sold to consumers, is still IPv4-only. > > Windows 7: enabled by default. Mac OS: enabled by default. Linux: > whatever your distro does. I fail to see your point. Windows XP: disabled by default. Has been sold on the majority of Netbooks well into 2010, and Netbooks were 1/3rd of the PC sales. > > > What we desperately need is factory-enabled transparent > > internetworking on all _NEW_ networking equipment and internet-enabled > > gadgets and appliances. As long as IPv4 and IPv6 are seperate worlds > > the hen-and-egg stalemate is going to continue. And the useful > > lifetime of all brand-new IPv4-only equipment that is produced by > > the electronic entertainment industry is about 5-15 years. > > The main point that needs attention is router equipment, IMHO. There's a > Fritz!Box beta firmware for IPv6 right now; when it's final, pushing > that out will fix the deployment of IPv6 for most of Germany (as they > happen to be quite popular there). IPv6-capable beta firmwares for Fritz DSL-routers exist only for the two most recent models 7390 and 7270(v?). Other models (like the 7112/7113) or 7170, 7150) do *NOT* have sufficient resources to run IPv6 -- their flash memory is close to full as well as their RAM when they're running. -Martin _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf